[Mapserver-west] Mapserver Configuration

[Stephen Clark]

MessageBruce,

You might want to pass this by the main mapserver list.

MAPSERVER-USERS at LISTS.UMN.EDU 

Also, I remember from a while back that Ed McNierry at TopoZone was doing some work with cascading and the like.
Here is his contact info:

Ed McNierney
President and Chief Mapmaker
TopoZone.com / Maps a la carte, Inc.
73 Princeton Street, Suite 305
North Chelmsford, MA  01863
ed at topozone.com
(978) 251-4242  


My two cents:

Personally I like the idea of creating a different map file for each business area because in the event that one mapserver application crashes (e.g., hard drive failure) the public (e.g., me) will only experience minor problems with access to the wms datasets.

With this approach you sould setup a mapserver WMS configuration on a computer and then Ghost this configuration and deploy this configuration across several computers.


 
 

 
Regards,
Stephen Clark, E.I.T
GIS Analyst
The Focus Corporation
"One of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies"
10256-101 Avenue
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada V1J 2B5
Main: (250) 785-7776
Fax: (250) 785-7701
email: stephen.clark at focus.ca
website: www.focus.ca

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tonkin, Bruce SRM:EX 
  To: 'mapserver-west at lists.maptools.org' 
  Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:16 PM
  Subject: [Mapserver-west] Mapserver Configuration


  I have a few hundred layers of data that I need to publish using MapServer. The plan is not to publish all the data at once, but add layers to the WMS/s as the need arises. MapServer has an initial limit or restriction of 50 layers, which can be changed at compile time.

  Now my question. Does it make sense to publish all the data using one big Map file, or does it make sense to have a different Map file for each business area i.e.. base, water, wildlife etc... We currently have in excess of a million image requests a month, so I need to ensure that we are scalable as time goes by.

  Your comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
  Thanks, 
  ____________________________________________________________

  Bruce Tonkin
  NOTE: New email address - Bruce.Tonkin at gov.bc.ca
  Information Management Branch
  Land Information British Columbia
  Integrated Land Management Agency
  3rd Floor, 395 Waterfront Crescent, Victoria, BC, Canada, V8W 9M3 
  Mail: PO Box 9364, Stn Prov Govt, Victoria BC  V8W 9M3 
  Phone: (250) 356-0108
  Fax: (250) 387-1085




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